"Television: the revolution," ([1944])

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Record Details:

Title:
"Television: the revolution,"
Date:
[1944]
Publisher:
New York, Essential Books
Volume:
"Television: the revolution,"
Leaf #:
000153
Language:
English
Collection:
Books and Broadcasting & Recorded Sound
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Prelinger Library
Sponsor:
MSN
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Date Added:
July 19, 2022
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134 TELEVISION: THE REVOLUTION the strongest microscopes, the most distant reaches of exploration—all these may be brought to the class-room effortlessly through television transmission. Civics by television is no longer a dull editorializing on history. Visual electronics gives "education for citizenship" a new stature, a new vitality and importance. To the television screens in America's class-rooms, we shall bring the drama of social responsibility and the understanding of our neighbors in a tell- ing new language. Such programs, vividly pre- sented, can be a tremendous force in awakening a social consciousness in the youth which will be the next generation. Popular programs can teach the public to take up new hobbies—can show the youth of Amer- ica the methods of building model airplanes, can show sports enthusiasts the techniques of the masters in tennis, swimming, football, base- ball, and golf. Video will stir up interest in leis- ure activities which have previously been en- joyed by relatively small groups: billiards, bowling, fencing, badminton—and less athletic recreations, such as bridge and chess. By ac- quainting the tele audience with a broadening field of leisure activities, sight-broadcasting can